[Archers] Tips was: Re: Safety advice on atal-atals and crossbows

[Siegfried]

Actually, I should point out, that Metal Tips are not REQUIRED on any
ammo.  One can shoot untipped arrows (or fire hardened as I've seen
before) if one wants.

Don't tend to fly too well, but ... archers choice there.   The only
rule about tips states that you can't have tips that will cause
excessive damage to targets.   a sharpened wooden point, will obviously
not (especially since it may quite often just bounce off *grin*)

>From the SCA rules:
3.	No broadheads or tips that cause excessive damage to the targets
shall be used, except for special competitions using these heads with
the permission of the Target Archery Marshal-in-Charge and the Kingdom
Archery Marshal.

Siegfried


On 6/30/10 11:33 AM, Charles Oliff wrote:
> I hadn't heard before that metal tips were required.  Just that they
> were optional. 
> That being said, I've seen and used a number of darts without metal tips
> and had no safety issues with them.  The only remote concern I can think
> of is if the shaft hits a hard object just right that it might possibly
> splinter, but I've never seen that happen, and I would expect that the
> dart would, more than likely, have already been showing signs of
> cracking that would hopefully be caught during inspection.  (of course,
> shattering can happen with arrows too, even with tips)
> 
> 
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